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;;; Talking to siod.

(defvar siod_verbose t
  "siod_verbose
  If this is set true, all subsequent siod connections will
  print a trace of what they are doing.")

;;; Aliases which are better suited to command line use.

(defvar siod_connection nil
  "siod_connection
  A connection to siod, used by the command line siod functions.")

(define (siod_connect)
  "(siod_connect)
  Connect to the default siod."

  (siod_read_server_table)
  (set! siod_connection (siod_server "siod"))
  )

(define (siod_remote command)
  "(siod_remote COMMAND)
  Send COMMAND to the siod server \[siod_connection\]."

  (let ((val (siod_remote_command siod_connection command)))
    (if (or (null val) (consp val))
	nil
	val)
    )
  )

(siod_connect)
  
(provide 'siod_client)
